Homeland Security Dept. Moves to Tighten Rules on Student Visas

By Karin Fischer

Washington

Colleges will no longer be able to grant visa documents to
degree-seeking foreign students who first need to brush up on their
English skills, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, a change that could affect an increasingly common route
into American institutions.

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program, or SEVP, the arm of
the Homeland Security Department that oversees and ensures
compliance with the student-visa system, is signaling that it will
require